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Definition 2024

pennies pl

plural of penny
An unspecified, but very small amount of money. (It costs only pennies per day.)

This is the plural used when referring to several coins each worth one penny (in any currency), as in I have one tenpence coin and three pennies or I have one dime and three pennies. When referring to a sum of British money, the correct plural is pence, as in These apples are twenty pence each.